Humans are defined by normative social practices. These represent the need for evolution. Having said this, there are certain practices that are a little off the social radar. At best, they are identified as vague traits and at worst, they are ranked as taboo. Adult breastfeeding is one such practice. Adult breastfeeding implies sexual arousal on being breastfed. It involves a lactating women and a partner (can be from any gender). The exercise is seen as perverse in western society and those who are liberal towards it rank it as something that’s against a normative social pattern. This is why adult breastfeeding or erotic lactation is practiced in closed quarters. Such Milk Fetishism does not emanate from nutritive needs. On the contrary, it is believed to be a platform for venting out sexual tendencies. A lactating woman finds adult breastfeeding arousing. Nipples are an erogenous zone and offer very high sensitivity. This is where erotic lactation becomes a strong sexual releaser for people of all classes. It is just an orientation. Though it is quite different from the normal sexual tendency but we would all agree to having been aroused through nipple stimulation sometime in the past. The concept of erotic lactation just takes the nipple chapter further.

While oral breast-feeding is governed by sexual impulse alone, adult breastfeeding is known to give a lot of emotional stability too. The process helps in the release of a hormone called oxytocin. This hormone enhances emotional bonding. Perhaps this is the reason why a lot of lesbians indulge in erotic lactation. It lets them build trust and thus they can live secure in the company of their partner. Adult Nursing Relationships are coming up to the fore. It involves a steady couple (one must be a lactating woman) bound by a symbiotic need of adult breastfeeding. It brings a lot of release to them and decreases stress. ANR must be followed frequently otherwise the milk might dry out. Though western society considers this whole phenomenon as Queer, more cases are coming up by the day in the urbanized sections of the west. It does remind of another taboo sadomasochistic practice of Pony Play. Even this practice had strong sexual connotations in mid 19th century England. Such perverse clubs were secretly maintained. Erotic lactation as a means towards high-end prostitution is also being reported. Women may charge anything for adult breastfeeding. New Zealand has unofficially been the vanguard of this practice.